Today is 74th Anniversary of D-Day – This Is Why We Stand for the National Anthem

The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Code-named Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. (History Channel)

Here is President Ronald Reagan’s Address commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.